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. 2018 Mar 22;13(3):e0194312. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194312

Table 1. Basic characteristics of hospitalized patients.

Characteristic No. of Patients (Mean±SD) No. of Patients (%)
Hospital 781
 Jinling Hospital 336 (43.0%)
 Peking Union Medical College Hospital 111 (14.2%)
 Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University 121 (15.5%)
 People Liberation Army General Hospital of China 13 (1.7%)
 First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University 81 (10.4%)
 First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University 30 (3.8%)
 Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University 34 (4.4%)
 First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University 23 (2.9%)
 National Cancer Center/Cancer hospital 32 (4.1%)
Unit 781
 General surgery 357 (45.7%)
 Cardiothoracic surgery 41 (5.2%)
 Neurosurgery 42 (5.4%)
 Gastroenterology and hepatology 145 (18.6%)
 Oncology 76 (9.7%)
 Neurology 63 (8.1%)
 Nephrology 44 (5.6%)
 Geriatrics 13 (1.7%)
Sex 780
 Male 469 (60.1%)
 Female 311 (39.9%)
Age, years 781 (55.4±16.2)
 ≤65 years 559 (71.6%)
 >65 years 222 (28.4%)
Weight, kg 781 (63.2±12.5)
Height, cm 781 (165.9±8.3)
BMI, kg/m2 781 (22.9±3.7)
 <18.5 95 (12.2%)
 18.5–25 472 (60.4%)
 >25 214 (27.4%)
Major lesion types 781
 Cancer 296 (37.9%)
 Neurological disease 97 (12.4%)
 Digestive disease 264 (33.8%)
 Endocrine/nutritional/metabolic disease 13 (1.7%)
 Cardiovascular disease 16 (2.0%)
 Respiratory disease 15 (1.9%)
 Genitourinary disease 40 (5.1%)
 Others 40 (5.1%)
Operation after admission 739
 Yes, elective operation 324 (43.8%)
 Yes, emergency operation 12 (1.6%)
 No 403 (54.5%)
Ever stayed in ICU 756
 Yes 127 (16.8%)
 No 629 (83.2%)
End-stage disease 781
 Yes 27 (3.5%)
 No 650 (83.2%)
 I don’t know 104 (13.3%)
Motility 781
 Walk without assistance 609 (78.0%)
 Walk with assistance 108 (13.8%)
 Bedridden 64 (8.2%)
Self-rated health 781
 Very good 52 (6.7%)
 Good 299 (38.3%)
 Fair 342 (43.8%)
 Poor 77 (9.9%)
 Very poor 11 (1.4%)
No. of drugs before admission/day 781
 0 277 (35.5%)
 1–2 254 (32.5%)
 3–5 179 (22.9%)
 >5 42 (5.4%)
 I don’t know 29 (3.7%)
Medical insurance 753
 Yes, private insurance only 33 (4.4%)
 Yes, public insurance only 546 (72.5%)
 Yes, both 42 (5.6%)
 No 104 (13.8%)
 I prefer not to answer 28 (3.7%)